§ 11-2. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Administrator means the person in charge of the facility.

Attendant means a person who is responsible for direct services to a resident or residents of a facility.

Department means the City of Irving Code Enforcement Department.

Director means the director of the City of Irving Code Enforcement Department, and includes representatives, agents, or city employees employed in the code enforcement department, or otherwise designated by the director of the department.

Facility means a long term care facility.

Long term care facility means a nursing home that furnishes, in one or more facilities, food and shelter to four (4) or more persons who are unrelated to the proprietor of the establishment and provides minor medical treatment under the direction and supervision of a physician licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners or other services that meet some need beyond the basic provisions of food, shelter, and laundry. This phrase does not include facilities licensed by the Texas Department of Health as acute care hospitals nor does it include those establishments exempted from the provisions of Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 242 by Section 242.003 Exemptions.

Permit means the certificate issued by the department that documents operating authority for a facility operating in the city.

Person means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate trust, partnership, association, two (2) or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity and includes the legal successor of those entities.

Resident means an individual who resides in a facility.

Responsible party means an individual authorized by a resident to act for him or her as an official delegate or agent.

Staff member means any person employed by or working at the facility whether paid by the facility or other person or entity or whether working for other consideration or as a volunteer.

State means the State of Texas.

Smoke means to be engaged in the combustion of any cigar, cigarette, pipe, or similar article, using any form of tobacco or any combustible substance in any form. This phrase includes carrying or holding a lighted pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind or any other lighted smoking equipment or device and includes lighting, emitting, or exhaling the smoke of a pipe, cigar, or cigarette of any kind.

Valid permit means an unexpired city permit issued for the long term care facility in its current location to its current owner.

(Ord. No. 2009-9045, § 1, 2-5-09)